BILL NUMBER: AB 2515 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hancock
FEBRUARY 21, 2008
An act to add Section 52332 to the Education Code, relating to
regional occupational centers or programs.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2515, as amended, Hancock. Regional occupational centers or
programs: Apprenticeship Preparation Program.
Existing law authorizes the county superintendent of schools of
each county, with the consent of the State Board of Education, to
establish and maintain at least one regional occupational center or
program (ROC/P) in the county to provide education in career
technical education courses. Existing law states the intent of the
Legislature that ROC/Ps provide career technical and occupational
instruction related to the attainment of skills so that trainees are
prepared for gainful employment in the area for which training was
provided, or are upgraded so that they have the higher level skills
required because of new and changing technologies or so that they are
prepared for enrollment in more advanced training programs.
This bill would authorize a an
ROC/P, upon approval and certification by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, to offer an Apprenticeship Preparation
Program a Preparation for Apprenticeship Program
. The Superintendent would be required to approve and certify an
ROC/P as an Apprenticeship Preparation Program
a Preparation for Apprenticeship Program if the ROC/P
completed specified requirements, including, but not limited to,
entering into at least one memorandum of understanding with a local
Division of Apprenticeship Standards certified building
and trades construction apprenticeship program for the provision of
occupational and academic support that includes , but is not
limited to, advisory committee input, joint use of facilities and
equipment, and guest lecturers specified criteria
.
The bill would require the State Department of Education, in
collaboration with representatives from building trades and
construction apprenticeship training organizations, ROC/P faculty
members, and ROC/P curriculum coordinators, to develop curriculum
covering all aspects of the building trades and construction
industry. The bill would require that the curriculum meet specified
standards and requirements. The bill would authorize an ROC/P to
exceed its enrollment limit for pupils enrolled in grades 9 to 12,
inclusive, only if the memorandum of understanding entered into
between a ROC/P and a local building and trades construction
apprenticeship program included includes
an agreement by the local building and trades construction
apprenticeship program to fund the instructional costs of those
pupils enrolled above the enrollment limit. The bill would
require an ROC/P offering a Preparation for Apprenticeship Program to
comply with specified provisions of existing law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 52332 is added to the Education Code, to read:
52332. (a) Upon approval and certification by the Superintendent,
a regional occupational center or program may offer an
Apprenticeship Preparation Program a Preparation for
Apprenticeship Program .
(b) The Superintendent shall approve and certify a regional
occupational center or program as an Apprenticeship
Preparation Program a Preparation for Apprenticeship
Program if the regional occupational center or program
completes all of the following:
(1) Offers the state-approved sequence of courses pursuant to
subdivision (c).
(2) Ensures that instructors for courses offered pursuant to this
section are properly credentialed by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing, with a career technical education designated subjects
credential.
(3) Enters into at least one memorandum of understanding with a
local Division of Apprenticeship Standards certified
building trades and construction apprenticeship program that has
graduated a t least one apprentice in each of the past
five years.
(A) The memorandum of understanding
shall outline roles and responsibilities of the building and
construction trades apprenticeship program for the provision of
occupational and academic support that includes, but is not limited
to, advisory committee input, joint use of facilities and equipment,
and guest lecturers. The
(B) The memorandum of
understanding shall ensure that pupils who complete the sequence of
courses developed under this section shall be given credit or
preferential consideration toward admission to the program, related
and supplemental instruction hours, or credit for hours needed toward
successful completion of an apprenticeship program.
(C) The memorandum of understanding shall include labor and
management signatures and specify the criteria for preferential
consideration toward admission to a Division of Apprenticeship
Standards approved apprenticeship program. It shall not be a
violation of the Labor Code or the regulations of the California
Apprenticeship Council for an apprenticeship program to provide
preferential consideration pursuant to the memorandum of
understanding.
(D) The memorandum of understanding shall outline the criteria by
which a pupil who successfully completes a Preparation for
Apprenticeship Program may be awarded a skills certificate as
referenced in subdivision (a) of Section 52302.
(c) The department, in collaboration with representatives from
building trades and construction apprenticeship training
organizations, regional occupational center or program faculty
members, and regional occupational center or program curriculum
coordinators, shall develop curriculum covering all aspects of the
building trades and construction industry.
(1) The curriculum shall be aligned with the state board-approved
California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum standards and
building trades industry standards agreed upon by building trades and
construction apprenticeship representatives, including those
standards adopted by the California Apprenticeship Council.
(2) The sequence of courses shall begin with an overview of all
aspects of the building and construction trades that are conducive to
apprenticeship using the California Apprenticeship Council
Orientation to Apprenticeship course curriculum as a resource ,
and include an overview of employee rights and responsibilities
.
(3) Subsequent courses shall be structured so that pupils may be
provided trade-specific instruction offering pupils increased
exposure to that specific trade. This may be accomplished with
projects that involve all or most trades with pupils provided the
opportunity to concentrate in one specific trade.
(4) Each course shall include either the Cooperative Career
Technical Education or Community Classroom instructional methodology
pursuant to Section 52372.1.
(5) Each course shall include thorough safety instruction. Pupils
shall be capable of demonstrating safe work habits through measurable
objectives.
(d) A regional occupational center or program that offers a
Preparation for Apprenticeship Program shall comply with Sections
52302.3, 52304, and 52304.1.
(d)
(e) For purposes of this section, a regional
occupational center or program may exceed its enrollment limit for
pupils enrolled in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, only if the memorandum
of understanding entered into pursuant to subdivision (b) includes an
agreement by the local building trades and construction
apprenticeship program to fund the instructional costs of those
pupils enrolled above the enrollment limit.